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Jesus' last words on the cross, "My god, my god, why hast thou forsaken me?" hardly seem like the words of a man who planned it that way. It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to figure there is something wrong here. (Donald Morgan)

I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives. (Leo Tolstoy)

There is no absurdity, however palpable, which cannot be firmly implanted in the minds of all, if only one begins to inculcate it before the early age of six by constantly repeating it to them with an air of great solemnity. For the training of man, like that of animals, is completely successful only at an early age. (Arthur Schopenhaur)

I think that the United States is heading in the direction of theocracy. The problem is that we let religious people say stunningly false things, and we consider it rude to question those beliefs. But we should be shunning those people. If that sounds intolerant, that's the point. I'm not tolerant of suspending reason. (Brian Flemming)

This is one of my favorites to date; it articulates very well what I've been thinking lately is the key thing that christians need to do, but can't or won't:

All that is necessary, as it seems to me, to convince any reasonable person that the Bible is simply and purely of human invention, of barbarian invention, is to read it. Read it as you would any other book. Think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence from your eyes; drive from your heart the phantom of fear; push from the throne of your brain the cowled form of superstition. Then read the Holy Bible, and you will be amazed that you ever, for one moment, supposed a being of infinite wisdom, goodness and purity, to be the author of such ignorance and of such atrocity. (Robert G. Ingersoll)

Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking; where it is absent, discussion is apt to become worse than useless. (Leo Tolstoy)

This century will be called Darwin's century. He was one of the greatest men who ever touched this globe. He has explained more of the phenomena of life and all of the religious teachers. His doctrine of evolution, his doctrine of the survival of the fittest, his doctrine of the origin of species, has removed in every thinking mind the last vestige of orthodox Christianity. He has not only stated, but he has demonstrated, that the Bible is a book written by ignorance at the instigation of fear. (Robert G. Ingersoll)

I can indeed hardly see how anyone ought to wish Christianity to be true; for if so the plain language of the text seems to show that the men who do not believe; and this would include my father, brother, and almost all my best friends, will be everlastingly punished. And this is a damnable doctrine. (Charles Darwin)

In response to: "Darwin's theory of sexual selection is completely useless. Homosexuality and hermaphodites obviously contradict his theory."> Yes, they are obvious evidence of special creation by the biblical god.

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge. It is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. (Charles Darwin)

The belief in eternal torment, still subscribed to by fundamentalist Christian denominations, undoubtedly ranks as the most vicious and reprehensible doctrine of classical Christianity. It has resulted in an incalculable amount of psychological torture, especially among children where it is employed as a terror tactic to prompt obedience. (George H. Smith)

When I, or people like me, are running the country, you'd better flee, because we will find you, we will try you, and we'll execute you. I mean every word of it. I will make it part of my mission to see to it that they are tried and executed. (Randall Terry, on abortion providers and women who had abortions)